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Are You Serious?
Taking a cursory glance at the Ryan Plan 3.0 I am reminded of the first retort my youngest grandchild learned, “Are you serious?” It was cute, we all laughed and Olivia repeated it a time or two to get more … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, budget, Bush Tax Cuts, Coprorate Income tax, defecit, Food Stamps, House, House Budget Committee, income tax, John Boehner, Medicaid, Medicare, Michigan, national debt, North Carolina, Obama, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, Rick Snyder, Ryan budget, Ryan Plan, Ryan Plan 3.0, Senate, sequester, social safety net, Social Security, student loans, tax breaks, tax loopholes, taxes, Tea Party, Wisconsin
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The GOP Immigration Dilemma
A rock and a hard place; damned if you, do damned if you don’t – or to steal a line from the 1983 hit song Wrapped Around Your Finger by the Police – “Caught between the Scylla and Charybdis”, (hey, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 census, 2016 election, 2020 election, 2024 election, bigotry, comprehensive immigration reform, Democrats, demographics, economy, electoral votes, gerrymandering, greed, hispanics, House, House of Representatives, immigration, immigration reform, labor, latinos, Medicare, money in elections, money in politics, organized labor, politics, racism, redistricting, Republicans, Social Security, Texas, The Police, unions
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The Banishment Of Pete Peterson
Did you ever wonder why millions of Americans obsess over the national debt, (although they mistakenly refer to it as the deficit), when the biggest economic problem facing America today is the lack of consumer demand caused by unemployment? Pete … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackstone Group, capital gains tax, carried interest, Comeback America Institute, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Committee on Economic development, deficit, economy, Fix the Debt, Forbes 400, greed, Medicare, Mitt Romney, national debt, New America Foundation, Pete Peterson, Peter G. Peterson, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, politics, Richard Nixon, Social Security, taxes, The Can Kicks Back, The Fiscal Times, Willard Mitt Romney
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Another Lead Balloon
It becomes clearer every day that the chances of an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff are becoming rarer. I really feel that what is going on are the late stages of a negotiation for a retroactive resolution of this … Continue reading
What Are You Willing To Give Up?
Yesterday I attended the swearing in of a friend of mine as a County Commissioner. His opponent was a Tea Party/Republican who simply ran on a platform of taxes are too high and need to be reduced. That is a … Continue reading
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Tagged deductions, deficit, Democrats, fiscal cliff, House, income tax, Kentucky, Medicare, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, money in elections, money in politics, national debt, New York Times, Obama, Paul Krugman, Paul Ryan, politics, Republicans, Ryan Plan, Senate, Social Security, super PAC, tax deductions, tax loopholes, taxes, Tea Party, Willard Mitt Romney
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Thanksgiving 2012
Today is Thanksgiving. It is a day to spend with family, even if that includes your misinformed, loudmouth, conservative uncle who suffers from a case of the Foxpox. Being an old basketball coach I recognize that the sport of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Alan West, Citizens United, Civil Rights, Congress, Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, Democratic national Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democrats, DNC, DSCC, economy, Florida, gay marriage, House, Illinois, immigration, immigration reform, Joe Walsh, liberal, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, money in politics, MSNBC, Obama, Obamacare, Ohio, Patty Murray, progressive, Republicans, same-sex marriage, Senate, Sherrod Brown, Social Security, Supreme Court, Tea Party, unemployment, Washington
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What Cliff?
Friday President Obama held his first meeting with Congressional leaders to discuss what has come to be known as the fiscal cliff. The word cliff implies some danger and doom. If there is imminent danger it is certainly not for … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Clinton, budget, Budget Control Act of 2011, Budget Sequestration, Bush Tax Cuts, Chuck Schumer, Congress, defecit, Defense Budget, Defense Spending, Democrats, doc fix, fiscal cliff, fiscal policy, George W. Bush, income tax, Obama, payroll deductions, payroll tax, Payroll Tax Holiday, politics, progressives, Republicans, Schumer Amendment, Social Security, Super Committee, Tax Relief Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, Tea Party, unemployment, unemployment benefits, unemployment compensation, veterans, veterans benefits
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Validated
The dominant story in the news this week is the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the health care matter. I will not get into the legal matters in depth here because that cannot be handled well in a brief … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, Affordable Health Care Act, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Chris Cillizza, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Clarence Thomas, Democrats, Elena Kagan, Franklin Roosevelt, health care, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, individual mandate, Jeffrey Toobin, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Jonathan Turley, Lyndon Johnson, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, politics, progressive, Republicans, right wing, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, single payer, Social Security, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Washington Post
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The Endorsement Of Tammy Duckworth
Some choices in life are difficult. Many high school seniors are deciding which college to attend next year. They may have narrowed it down to a handful of outstanding schools and ultimately one has to be the final choice. Often … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, abortion, Army, Army Reserve, Balanced Budget Amendment, Bush Tax Cuts, Climate Change, Congress, corporate tax, debt ceiling, deficit, Democrats, economy, Estate Tax, George Washington University, Georgia, Government regulations, gun control, House, Illinois, Illinois primary, Iraq, Joe Walsh, Max Cleland, Medicare, Occupy movement, politics, regulations, Republican Presidential Primary, Republicans, ROTC, Senate, Social Security, Tammy Duckworth, taxes, Tea Party, unemployemnt benefits, unemployment compensation, veterans, veterans benefits, women's health issues, women's issues, women's rights
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